http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/07/just-dont-menshn-the-twitter-wars/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/07/just-dont-menshn-the-twitter-wars/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:29:02 +0000 Nat Guest http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27173 The übermensch has finally fallen. But not, as some of us might secretly have hoped, amidst enormous scandal and public disapprobation.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/07/just-dont-menshn-the-twitter-wars/feed/ 52 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/10/fifty-shades-of-porn/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/10/fifty-shades-of-porn/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:49:59 +0000 Nat Guest http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26176 Last week, I was asked whether Fifty Shades of Grey is anti-feminist, but I don't think so, for one simple reason: I think Fifty Shades is a good thing.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/10/fifty-shades-of-porn/feed/ 21 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/battle-of-the-buildings/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/battle-of-the-buildings/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:00:39 +0000 Nat Guest http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25951 At last count, I am following 16 buildings on Twitter. Sixteen! How did this happen? Buildings didn’t used to be something I had to worry about the interior thoughts and feelings of; I was more concerned with, well, their general interiors. Now it seems like every block of flats and its stairwell has an opinion on the latest celebrity divorce, the situation in the middle-east and whether or not the Olympics is a good thing for Britain or not.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/battle-of-the-buildings/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/big-brother-bullying-when-sexual-and-physical-abuse-are-seen-as-entertainment/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/big-brother-bullying-when-sexual-and-physical-abuse-are-seen-as-entertainment/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:00:53 +0000 Nat Guest http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25809 Big Brother is not exactly a stranger to blazing rows between housemates; in fact, one could be forgiven for thinking that they positively encourage as much bile and hatred as possible between contestants. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/big-brother-bullying-when-sexual-and-physical-abuse-are-seen-as-entertainment/feed/ 36 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/25/only-4-in-10-we-should-speak-up-about-harassment/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/25/only-4-in-10-we-should-speak-up-about-harassment/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 11:12:29 +0000 Nat Guest http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24660 A YouGov survey commissioned by the End Violence Against Woman Coalition (EVAW) this week has found that four in 10 women report experiencing sexual harassment in public spaces over the last year. Some of you may have read that figure and been shocked. I was shocked, too – shocked that it was so low.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/25/only-4-in-10-we-should-speak-up-about-harassment/feed/ 15 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/30/gendered-marketing-its-not-just-for-girls/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/30/gendered-marketing-its-not-just-for-girls/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:37:44 +0000 Nat Guest http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=23667 Life as a woman is difficult. The diet of salad and Ryvita; the pressure at work to play with Maltesers in a coquettish manner; the endless hours spent worrying about being bloated, consuming endless tubs of yoghurt. If there’s one thing advertising tells us about women, it’s that we bloody love yoghurt. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/30/gendered-marketing-its-not-just-for-girls/feed/ 25